3.28.2016

Digital Economy:Development Plan Under Preparation

The interministerial committee in charge of the project held its first meeting in Yaounde on March 23,2016.

Members
of the Interministerial Committee for the Development of Digital
Economy in Cameroon have started laying the groundwork for the
sustainable development of the concept. The committee met for the first
time in Yaounde yesterday, March 23, 2016, to discuss on short and
long-term

plans on boosting the development of digital economy in
Cameroon.

The
Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng urged
members of the committee to get down to work, given that they have
barely two months to propose a short and long-term action plan to
government that will serve as a development guideline for the sector.
All government programmes must be aligned to the plan, with each
ministry expected to forward strategic initiatives to the committee,
based on the concept.

The
Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has been working on the
concept. According to the Minister, the first National Digital Economy
Days, organised in February 2016 offered the opportunity to lure and
assemble contributions from the private sector and the civil society.
The project of the Ministry to draw up a strategic plan for the
development of the concept, coupled with recommendations from National
Digital Economy Days, will serve as spring board for the committee and
consequently, the development of digital economy in Cameroon.

The
commitee has been tasked to come up with a state of affairs report on
digital economy in Cameroon. It is also expected to identify obstacles
to the development of the concept, define strategies for eventual
implementation, propose an action plan, identify funding sources, study
technical, socio-economic and legal aspects linked to its implementation
and to identify sectors of activity involved. The committee has also
been handed the mission to propose coordination between diverse public
structures and identify sectoral indicators that will progressively
measure the implementation of the concept.

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